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What a majestic and noble creature.
Jan 7, 2016 12:16 PM
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redtails2649
Woof!
midgetspud
Number 3..Harrison Ford and John Boyega
Rainman1344
Wolves arent naturally black as it would not benefit them in anywayy, black wolves are the result of breeding with dogs
Kycomputer
so...what's the difference between wolves and dire wolves?
trippingfingers
I'm pretty sure that's my hometown's favorite wolf, Romeo.
Cassandralala
Well, I would have compared them, but there was no banana.
POLAND0814
That first dog looked scared AF
taytay63
DAMNIT moon moon
snuzzled
Wow. I had no idea wolves were so big. I figured they were roughly the same size as a large lab. I was way off.
PaulFerrar
I wonder if wolves look at pugs and think "nah evolution can't exist"
unicornlazerdeath
Damnit now I want a moon moon
AmbiguousGardens
holy shit my dog is a lab. I had no idea wolves were so big.
TmanKelly
Put it back where you found it, Moon Moon.
stonerhino
HELLO DOG! THIS IS WOLF!
AyumiMelon
Did you know almost all black wolfs have some dna from domestic dogs in them. :D
psychofree
I will admit it... I thought they were the same size as foxes. Im off to google me some wolfs.
Whty706
How bout a wolf next to a husky
Vectorman2
Not many people know that modern domesticated dogs are more closely related to the common armadillo than they are to honey bees.
areyouOliviaWilde
Classic misdirection.
BathroomHumor
...Yes! I was wondering about that, thank you very much for the information!
wompwompwomp
...what? I wasn't wondering, but thanks for the info.
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Vectorman2
In fact, they are!
ChilledOutEntertainer
True: Humans are more closely related to some fish than said fish are related to other fish.
seeriktus
Humans are more closely related to jawed fish than they are are to jawless fish (i.e. hagfish)
ganstarapmademedoit
Haha people are going to believe this. Armadillos really are closely related to sloths. I would've never guessed that.
prattleassassin
So, how's the weather out there in left field?
RelativelyExtreme
Well... That makes absolute sense.
Kinseeker69
Now, imagine about 20 of them licking their chops and starting at you
arewethebaddies
The dog on #1 is like "Greg, are you sure about this? Cause I'm not"
HungryForTacos1258
Fucking Greg.
APlaceToBuryMyBloodyPixies
Yeah, he looks like he's gonna make a run for it. Just waiting for the right moment.
mmmerf
Canis Lupus. My bro used to tell me about Circus Lupus. (Circus of Wolves). Cool show, just... don't sit in the front row, man. Bad news.
dethbycharizard
Millennia of selective breeding, and we have pugs now but wolves are trying to make a comeback from endangerment.
acbeggs
True but domesticated dogs have lots of help from humans. No way in hell those things would survive in nature
Vectorman2
Perhaps if we feed them pugs it will help?
SamMan
Yeah pugs are more the last few 100 years.
MimzytheBun
WHERE ARE MY TESTICLES SUMMER
whulfy
Can a wolf and pug still have pups?
mrhoyo
In theory
RatOfTheWest
DO NOT LET YOUR DOG NEAR REAL WOLVES. https://youtu.be/u1zCNH_oN2Q
OmaeWaMouShindeiru
Did the dog die at the end?
RatOfTheWest
According to the video description, no, because the dog was wearing a steel plates vest that kept its midsection safe.
thedeg
Yeah, wolves will kill and eat your dogs... Sad stuff :(
EtherealRune
http://svenskjakt.se/contentassets/0a4d62633b504dca856853510e86bbd0/dsc_0441.jpg?maxwidth=655 She lived, just
EtherealRune
I watched the whole thing feeling horrible. Especially the sounds near the middle and end, I'm glad the poor dog survived - surprised too.
wiredgrip
WaggyTails
I saw the link and was like "please be Mr. Fox please be Mr. Fox"
Sqwable
Fucking love that movie
TwoBirdsStonedAtOnce
source?
dontevenworryrealfakedoors
Fantastic Mr. Fox
TwoBirdsStonedAtOnce
just looked it up, can't believe i missed a wes anderson movie. Thank you for this.
dontevenworryrealfakedoors
Great movie! But all his movies are awesome!! Don't even worry about it!!
TwoBirdsStonedAtOnce
Wes anderson is awesome, as is that movie. (just watched it)
MrNiceGuy92
Both are cute as hell
whoknowswhoitis
Real question. Do wolves take akin to some dogs or all dogs? Can they sense a certain type of familiarity? Or do wild ones fuck anything up
clubfootjohnnyjohnson54
Srsly? I've been to hell. It ain't that cute.
SorryiPooped
one can be a 7ft long 190 pound killing machine and the other chases its tail while running into furniture
snowtree
Wolves don't typically get that big.
nexunus
Both can kill you
Zer0Power
Well, not so much on the dog end anymore, can't exactly see a chihuahua being that much of a threat
SoftlyFallingSnow
Wolf attacks: vanishingly rare. Those murdered by people in US in 2012: over 14,000. Human beings are the natural born killers.
Vectorman2
That's not saying much, a mouse can kill you (if it has a gun)
ElectronMagnifier
Both will suck your... Ups well no, got my species mixed up
Trustydryingpan
You better have. Don't fuck dogs ppl!
Deathfrombelow
Would be a glorious death.
lzrkitteh
This is Romeo who used to live in Juneau, AK. He was illegally killed by two hunters from AK and PA....photos prob taken by Nick Jans.
MurphysDerpMachine
That's so sad. :(
MurphysDerpMachine
That's so sad. :(
CrazyCarretta
That's Romeo http://thewildlife.wbur.org/2014/07/07/the-wild-wolf-who-played-with-dogs/
badwolf8899
Thanks for the sauce I'll add it in the description
averyllamacommenter
I was so sad when some dick killed him. :(
CrazyCarretta
Yea, definitely a bummer :/
Sulix
I'm pretty sure, that's not a wolf. They never grew as big and wouldn't be able to chase pray. It's one of these modern wolf-dog hybrids.
SamMan
I think they have the same problems as the dingoes in Australia. It's hard to find pure strains as they interbreed with dogs so easily.
HungryForTacos1258
I'm pretty sure you don't know anything about wolves. They're enormous. A lot of their "pray" is huge.
InvadingYourSpaces
The biggest wolves in Canada (Timberwolves, Yukon wolves) average around 100 lbs. They are slightly bigger than a German Shepherd.
insongwhang
"males averaging 43–45 kg (95–99 lb)", Canis Lupus aka wolf. Source, wikipedia. So they are rather big.
DamnItTrudyWhatAboutThePineapple
Well my dog (german Shepard- husky mix) was 65Kg in her peak...
insongwhang
That still doesn't mean that wolves would be small, just that your dog was a size of a fucking pony=D
DamnItTrudyWhatAboutThePineapple
Well yeah obviously. Just thought that 45kg werent that much. Propably cause the wolves are fit. Mine was quite fat :/
Vectorman2
Ay yo that wolf be at church every Sunday catching pray!
Sulix
hahah.. just noticed. Thanks for that :D
notlisteningtoanyonewhodoesntbelieve
definitely a wolf - name was Romeo til he got shot. Source: http://kimberlymoynahan.com/2011/08/romeo-a-lone-wolfs-tragedy-in-three-acts/
bananatoast
Wow that's beautifully written, and so sad!
notlisteningtoanyonewhodoesntbelieve
I know bananatoast, I know. There's a whole book on him. Thanks for readin, yo.
bananatoast
Makes my heart sad. Illegal hunting really needs stronger punishment.
UlfhednarSkol
Second pic is a real wolf, was wild and ended up befriending the town it lived by. Even for a plaque after he passed away
bplummer2
balto?
FindYourChillMate
TBF its thought the reasons direwolfs died out because the large fauna died out and smaller wolves could catch small mammals to survive/
Buran
Book about it, A wolf called Romeo.
UlfhednarSkol
Got a plaque*
SenOfFiveTails
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere once that no wolves were naturally black originally. It's a result of breeding with dogs, though..
SenOfFiveTails
I believe they are still considered wolves. (I think the one in the top picture, at least, is a hybrid, though.)
fleeingwithDatruth
It's a melanistic wolf. although you're right, these mutations came from wolf-dog hybridization.
SenOfFiveTails
Oh, cool. That makes sense.
TH3S33KER
Absolutely magnificent creatures, don't understand why people would want to kill them
DogsEatDogfood
http://kontextmaschine.tumblr.com/post/124612823438/wolf-extermination-is-land-improvement
FarkasMacTavish
Because they're nuisance animals in some areas. Not that complicated.
OpportunismIsGod
I used to cry when I was little because I would never get to run around with wolves. I was a strange child.
TH3S33KER
Huh. Interesting responses. I can understand killing the for population control but I was referring to poaching ect
johnvictor
For population control. I don't think we should let animals starve to death because we royally fucked it up.
UncleVanya
During WW1, the Russian and German armies had to stop fighting and go wolf hunting cause the wolves were raiding their camps at night.
pecc
Because they're clever efficient predators with a taste for livestock and little fear of humans.
muhfuckinass
Because they killed Liam Neesan!!
auddan
They're trying to save little red
BenDovermoore
They are doing hell on our deer population
JackOfAllTradesMasterOfBaters
Because man thinks he knows better than nature.
Garouleloup
We call wolves "Monsters" in my village, life isn't the internet
maliciousGman
Wolves can, and have, killed the fuck out of people. Think of them as miniature bears that run in packs.
flyingdutchfrenchman
Yeah I'd like a source on that.
maliciousGman
I could have used better words, people shouldn't go out and kill wolves for the hell of it or because they may be dangerous, but they're 1/2
maliciousGman
not fuzzy wuzzy Disney animals either.
ThatsPermanent
Because they eat our sheep.
AliBarber
Stop putting your sheep where they live
MySquishyBrains
I grew up on a sheep farm. The DNR released wolves into our area after we moved there. No wolves at first. Not that I hate wolves though.
ThatsPermanent
Can't. We were here first. Pappy was a sheep man, pappy's pappy was a sheep man. His pappy had llamas. None of this is true.
anvil
LoL
eatyourmeat
And dogs. And people
MazrimTaim
Very rarely do wolves eat people. Like. Incrediblly rarely
bananatoast
And those people probably deserved it.
flyingdutchfrenchman
Like... I actually never heard of it happening in the last 30 years or 40 years. Maybe more.
bendoverandbraceyourself
You're right. I looked into this after watching stupid a movie about wolves attacking humans fighting back. They normally go for easy prey.
Deadmetal42
Wolves are awesome and I want one. I'll settle for a Rough Collie or a German Shepard though, as I like my limbs being attached to my body.
Melanisia
Try a malmute/german shepard mix if you want that wolf look, with none of the face removal.
avavilina
*Shepherd. This breed never went to space.
snowtree
http://www.howlingwoods.org/wolf_dogs.html
StevieNicksAbortedFetus
I own a wolf. She's 9 months old and is the best. My furniture is barely being held together and she did flood my house, but we love her.
AlexiusMautone
Can I pm you for some awesome wolf stories? Pretty please.
Hiker101
Northern Inuit - Bred to look like a wolf but have the temperament of a domestic breed.
TheSplendidEntity
How can you know for sure? Have you ever given your limbs a chance to be free?
insertreallyfunnyusername
Surely a big dog could do just as much murder as a wolf.
avavilina
*Shepherd. As in, "the dog that herds sheep."
skywards
my GSD mix isn't that far from a wolf look-wise
- much less murder and more love, though.
Sretlaw
Sweet looking dog! My GSD can look a lot like a wolf at times too: http://imgur.c">/0o2I7Jl">http://imgur.com/0o2I7Jl /kmUZlXP
loafoaf
Well you can't have your cake and eat it too
theblackcanaryyy
GSD - best dog ever
quailfeet
Check out the Czech wolfdog, or should I say Czech out..... Sorry, I'll show myself out.
RelativelyExtreme
Whenever I'm texting someone, I write Czech instead of check. I have no idea why I started doing that
ForSomeAbstractReason
You can always go newfinland if you want a giant ass dog that won't kill you.
MyWeaponOfChoiceIsDyslexia
Because they are big teddy bears that are lazy but the best snuggle buddies!!!!
fleXbad
Finland, Finland, Finland...the country where I want to be...eating breakfast or dinner. Or snack lunch in the halls....
TheHypocrite
I recommend getting a really big car while you're at it.
pontiacgirl75
Newfoundland..sorry to have had corrected you :) or you can call it a Newfie. They are awesome dogs, huge but awesome
TheKeyboardKing
Pssh that guy, they aren't finlanders! haha
pontiacgirl75
lol
ForSomeAbstractReason
Lol thanks, I only use newfie, had to guess the rest. Or rather, my sis in law's NewfyPoo.
pontiacgirl75
it's a hard name to say to be honest, unless you are from the province :) best way to pronounce Newfoundland is to say New-fun-land ;)